Darke trials unfold in Trent murder tale chapters
Summary of chapters recounts Sallie Matchin claiming marriage to Harry Trent, Darke’s life imprisonment, and a plot spanning Paris treasure, Dupont, and Solange. Keppel Darke escapes a wreck, finds Trent's will naming Sallie as heir, then unravels cipher documents and imperial treasure as Count de Lisle pursues a portrait of Olympia Raven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkie
Harry Trent
Sallie Matchin
Trent
Raven
Olympia
Darke
Sing Sing
Paris
Najeen III
Maurice Solange
America
Solange
Dupont
Aspinwall
Keppel Darke
Long Island
Rof
Harry At
New York
Nassau Street
Count de Lisle
Olympia Raven
Mademoiselle
Mr. Bannick
Cent
Count de Lisle and Olympia Move in New York Tales
An excerpt follows Count de Lisle recounting war dispatches, army moves, and a dying Napoleon. Olympia learns of a planned art school while a portrait of her friend Keppel Darke sparks tension and a mysterious Italian, Alonzo Garcia, plots amid a crash of a fire engine and a street-side encounter.
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Count de Lisle
Lisle
Bobby
New York
Harry Trent
Providence
Harry
Alonzo Garcia
Trent
Sally Matchin
Captain
Sally
Olympia and Count de Lisle Meet in Studio Conversation
Olympia hosts Count de Lisle in her Parisian studio during his first America visit. They discuss Europe, Napoleon, and his Cross of the Legion while he reveals his plan to settle in America and reflects on French monarchists and the war with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tom Bannick
Olympia
Paris
Tom
France
de Lisles
Napoleon
Corsica
Germany
Bazaine
Gravelotte
Metz
European royalty oddities and illness teased in London
A jumble of royal anecdotes from Europe features Prince George of Greece as a famous boxer, the Prince of Wales insured for 800000 dollars, and a beard trimming czar. It notes Queen Victoria’s vast descendants, relics in London, and a betrothal plan for the Servian king’s yet unborn bride Xenia of Montenegro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George of
Greece
Otto
Bavaria
Queen Victoria
London
Prince of
Mantua
Xenia
Montenegro
Nicholas
Belgrade
Wayside Gleanings: wide ranging world notes and curiosities
A collage of facts notes Swiss immigration, Arizona citrus rivals, Pennsylvania debt, Savernake forest sale, a Brooklyn charity freeing orioles, horse teeth factories in Paris, Onyx value loss risk, new mineral finds in Missouri and Smyth County Virginia, British India empire size and population, Korean appetite, Y M C A property and staff, ancient Greeks ballots, Rome voting influence, and reflections on history repeating itself.
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United States
Arizona
California
Pennsylvania
Savernake Forest
England
Brooklyn
Paris
Missouri
Smyth County
Virginia
India
Europe
Russia
Rome
Astronomer Estimates Global Meteoric Projectile Rain
An astronomer estimates Earth is struck each year by about 146 million meteoric projectiles. The figure reflects an astronomical assessment of micro-meteoroid input to the planet, highlighting the constant influx from space.
Feeding of the 5000 and the lesson of abundance
The article reviews Jesus feeding 5000 with five barley loaves and two fish near Bethsaida. It notes disciples questions, the crowd’s hunger, Jesus blessing and distributing food, and the miracle producing twelve baskets of leftovers. It reflects on faith, testing, and the prophetic recognition of Jesus as Messiah.
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Jesus
Galilee
Sea of
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John the Baptist
John
Bethsaida
Philip
Apostle
Abraham
Israel
Andrew
Simon Peter
Elisha
Portraits and notices from a late nineteenth century page
The fragment lists diverse figures including Robert Louis Stevenson’s Samoa home and its rumored altar fireplace, Edwin Arnold of the London Telegraph, George Keenan described as omnivorous, the German emperor granting a pension to Hermann Thorn for Hymn of Labor, sculptor Mme Berteaux’s Academy chair, and William E. Fales noted as a U S marshal and writer with New York Chinese language experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Edwin Arnold
London Telegraph
George Keenan
Germany
Hermann Thorn
Thorn
Mme. Berteaux
M. Chain
Academy of Fine Arts
Mme. Barteaux
William E. 8. Fales
United States
Amoy
China
Mott Street
New York
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Heath & Milligan
L. M. Bosworth
T.f.mclain
Westerman & Arnold
AMES
Iowa
Julian Hawthorn
George D. Loud
Egneu
Suurial
Northside
Geo. D. Loud
Rronze S
Periae
Olymse Raven
Sailie Matcin
ORNE
Pulian Association
ISL
MacMahon
Rheims
Bataing
Frederick
Albert
Saxony
Chalons
Mr. de Lisle
Meuse
Sedan
Ducrot
Mezieres
DeWimpffen
Duergt
Daigny
Douay
Floring
Emer
Relia M. de Lisle
Prince of Wales’ Life
Alexander of Battenberg
Bulgaria
Milan
D. M. Stearns
Toledo
Ohio
Prthem & Co
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ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Minnesota
Montana
Manitoba
Dakotas
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Lake Minnetonka
Duluth
Ashland Lake
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New Mexico
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Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Excelsior Springs
Hot Springs
Colorado
Peoria
Illinois
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Kentucky
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Iowa Central
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ASG
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William and John Sts
Humphrey
Medcine CO Cor
Story County
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Ender
Nike Os
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Lortland, Maixe
Fernisi
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